theology department

The Joseph Professor of
Catholic Systematic Theology

EDUCATION

B.A., University of Texas, Austin
M.A., St. Mary’s University, San Antonio
M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

From 1991 to 2001 Gaillardetz was an associate professor of systematic theology at the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Theology (at St. Mary’s Seminary), Houston. From 2001 to 2011 he was the Thomas and Margert Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

His research interests include topics in ecclesiology: Vatican II, ecumenism, authority and ministry.

TEACHING

Authority in the Church
Ecclesiology
Marriage and Family
Theology of Ministry
Theology of Yves Congar
Vatican II

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

In 2000 he received the Sophia Award from the faculty of the Washington Theological Union in recognition of “theological excellence in service to ministry,” and he has received numerous awards from the Catholic Press Association for his occasional pieces. Dr. Gaillardetz was a delegate on the U.S. Catholic—Methodist Ecumenical Dialogue from 2001 to 2005. He is currently the president of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

When the Magisterium Intervenes...The Magisterium and Theologians in Today's Church (Editor, Liturgical Press, 2012).

Ecclesiology for a Global Church (Orbis, 2008).

A Daring Promise: A Spirituality of Christian Marriage (Liguori, 2007).

The Church in the Making (Paulist, 2006).

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“The Christian Household as School of Discipleship: Reflections on the Ecclesial Contributions of the Christian Household to the Larger Church.” Chapter in The Household of God and Local Households. Revisiting the Domestic Church (2013).